Cleveland Museum of Art
Yes, He Broke the Pot, Plate 25
Francisco de GoyaLinkedCulture matchlcp-dc200867e871
- Date
- 1799, printed c. 1855
- Medium
- etching and aquatint
- Culture
- Spain
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 104499
From LinkedCulture
A child cowers in the grip of a furious woman, her slipper raised mid-strike, broken ceramic shards scattered at their feet. This etching and aquatint by Francisco de Goya, plate 25 from his Los Caprichos series, was made in Spain in 1799 and printed around 1855. Goya placed this act of violence in the most ordinary setting possible, laundry hanging on a line, a wash basket nearby, making cruelty look routine. That deliberate ordinariness is exactly what makes the image so difficult to look away from.
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A mother and child huddle together on the floor, surrounded by laundry hanging on a line.
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- Dudley P. Allen Fund
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